I'll be honest, I've decided to give Mike a clean slate going into this season. I want to give him a shot to redeem himself in my eyes instead of just pre-judging all of his interviews based on my current assumption that he's an ass.

I decided to do this because I used to hate Chris Leben until I went back & re-watch TUF 1 & saw all that he'd been put through on that show & heard more about his life's story. Now he's one of my favorite fighters.

I liked Mike during TUF 3, but soured on him about the time he got gifted the Hamill decision. I'm giving him a second chance. Let's see...